Clinical Nurse IP PRN

Job Purpose & Position Overview

The Inpatient Clinical Nurse possesses the ability to objectively assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care as a licensed Registered Nurse. The Registered Nurse also works in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary medical team focused on providing “patient centered” care by identification of psycho-social needs, continuity of care related to disease prevention and chronic disease management and provides patient education to promote Health Literacy.

Specific Job Duties/Responsibilities:

Demonstrate the WCHS core mission, vision and values

To function as primary care Nurse, and assume responsibility of charge nurse duties in order to provide optimal quality of patient care

Completes comprehensive initial admission assessment

Creates Nursing Care plan based on identified or remarkable initial objective assessment

Provides interventions as ordered by the Medical Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant

Evaluates patient response to intervention and promptly notifies Medical Provider of patient condition whenever necessary

Obtains specimen collection

Generates consults to appropriate discipline based on initial admission assessment findings

Assists with Discharge planning

Provides patient disease preventable vaccines before discharge

Provides Discharge Instructions related to disease process and home management, and follow-up appointments with their Primary Care Provider to ensure continuity of care

Demonstrates ability to float to area of need to meet patient demand (Outpatient, Emergency Room) and/or assists with Emergency Response Preparedness operations

Makes decisions in matters of significance

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills:

Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Nebraska or multi state licensure in a nurse licensure compact state.

Associate’s degree in nursing required. Bachelor's of Science in Nursing preferred. STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS AVAILABLE.

Certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Physical Requirements

Normal to heavy work which includes the ability to lift up to 20-50 lbs. Lifting and/or transferring of patients may involve heavy lifting.

Regularly required to walk, stand, and sit for extended periods of time and use hands to operate computer keyboard, phone, and various office or medical equipment.

Manual dexterity with cooperatively free range of motion of all extremities including neck, fingers, hands, wrists, elbows, arms, shoulders, waist, legs, hips, knee joints, ankles, and feet is required.

Fine motor skills required.

Mental Requirements:

Reading, writing, calculating

Above average social interaction skills

Reasoning/Analysis

Works with minimal to no supervision

Language Requirements:

Must possess the ability to read, write, and speak the English language fluently.

Must be able to continually and effectively employ professional verbal and written communications skills.

Certificates, Licenses & registrations:

All applicants will comply with 45 CFR 1301, Subpart D, Section 1301.31, C and D, which require all prospective employees to sign a declaration prior to employment regarding all arrests and convictions of child abuse or violent felonies and to comply with PL 101-630 and PL 101-637 regarding criminal records check.

Please note the position description duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.